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13-letter words containing d, i, s, a, o

  • dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
  • domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
  • dromaeosaurid — A carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a late Cretaceous family that included deinonychus and the velociraptors. They had a large slashing claw on each hind foot.
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
  • editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
  • educationists — Plural form of educationist.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
  • false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
  • fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
  • goodwin sands — a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
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